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LARS MULDRUP LANDING, OF GLENWOOD, MINNESOTA.

PERSONAL-ACCOUNT FILE-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent N o. 714,715, dated December 2; 1902.

Application filed March 13, 1902. Serial No. 98,085. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, LABS MULDRUP LAND- ING, of Glenwood, in the county of Pope, State of Minnesota, have invented certain Improvements in Personal-Account File-Cases,

of which the following is a specification.

' case embodying the constructions and combinations hereinafterdescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claims. Y

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecication, Figure lis a longitudinal section of my improved lfile-case, the

same being shownpartly in perspective and the case being represented as closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the case open.

In the drawings, 2 represents the body of the case, which may be of any suitable size and construction and formed of any suitable material. It is preferably of rectangular form and usually constructed of a size to allow it to be conveniently handled and readily placed in one of the compartments ofa safe. The case is preferably provided with a vertical slot 3 in its rear end, and the cover is hinged to the body of the case at one end and at or near the bottom of the case by a suitable hinge 7. This cover is of greater depth at the hinged end than at the free end, the sides being formed on an angle or on a diagonal line, as shown in Fig. 2 and as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. This cover is also provided with a-follower 9, preferably of triangular form, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, and this follower'is adapted to project into the body of the case through the slot 3 when the coveris closed, thus bringing it into the position representedin Fig. 1 of the drawings. Arranged within the casing is a loose follower-plate 11, provided with an inclined iiangel.V The case is preferably provided with a series of account-covers 15 and with suitable index fcards 17. These covers are preferably those shown and described in Letters Patent No. 685,151, issued to me October 22, 1901, and the case is preferably used for filing the accounts entered on the manifold sheets of the sales-hook shown and described in my said patent. I do not, however, limit myself to the use of the filecase for these particular covers and accounts, for the same may be used for the purpose of filing any other accounts. When the case is closed, the follower 9 passes through the opening 3 in the end of the le-case and coming in contact with the follower-plate 11 moves said plate against the series of covers or accounts arranged within the case and holds them in an upright position, turning the follower-plate 11 from the inclined position shown in Fig. 2 to the upright position shown in Fig. 1. The file-case may now be handled Without danger of disarranging the order of the accounts and may be conveniently placed in a safe, either resting upon the bottom of the case or upon the end or side, according to whichever position may be the most convenient.

In using the case it will. ordinarily be placed on a desk or table and the cover turned back to the position shown in Fig. 2, the end of the cover then coming into a horizontal position substantially in line with the bottom of the case. The follower-plate 11 will now tip backinto theinclined position,(shown in Fig. 2,) and the covers or accounts and index-cards will assume a similarposition, affording convenient access to them and permitting them to be readily removed or in serted.

I do notlimit myself to the details of the construction herein shown and described, as the same may be varied in some particulars With'- out departing from my invention.

I make no claims in this application to iilecases having the cover hinged to one end of the case at or near the bottom and having the inclined sides, as I have claimed the same in a separate application of even date herewith, Serial No. 98,086.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination, with a suitable filingcase, provided with a slot in its end, of a IOO cover hinged to the case at or near the bottom of the slotted end, andprovided with a follower adapted to project through said slot into the case as the cover is closed, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a filing-case, provided with an open top and with a slotted end, of a cover hinged to the slotted end of the case at or near the bottom thereof, and adapted, when closed, to cover said slotted end, and a follower secured upon said cover and adapted to project through said slotted end.

3. The combination, with a filing-case, provided with an open top and with a slotted end, of a series of account-covers and index-cards arranged within said casing, a cover hinged to the slotted end of the case at or near the bottom thereof, and adapted, when closed, to cover Said slotted end, and a follower secured upon the cover and adapted to ,project through said slotted end, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with a tiling-case, having an open top and a slotted end, of a follower-plate arranged within said case,a cover hinged to the slotted end of the case at or near the bottom thereof, and adapted, when the cover is closed, to project through said of the case into engagement with said fol- 4o lower-plate.

6. The combination, with a filing-case, having an open top and a slotted end, of a series of account-covers and index-cards arranged within said case, a follower-plate provided with an inclined flange 13, a cover hinged to the case at or near the bottom of the slotted end, and provided with a follower adapted to project through the slotted end of the case, when the cover is closed, into engagement with said follower-plate, substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of March, 1902.

LABS MULDRUP LANDING.

In presence of- A. C. PAUL, C. G. HANsoN. 

